{"id":21141,"date":"2024-10-27T11:10:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=21141"},"modified":"2024-10-27T11:10:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:10:31","slug":"fern-leman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/fern-leman\/","title":{"rendered":"Fern Leman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fern Elizabeth Leman, 80, of Bluffton, passed away Friday afternoon, Oct. 25, 2024, at Christian Care Retirement Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fern was born in Roanoke, IL, on Sept. 5, 1944, to Joseph D. and Dena V. (Fehr) Leman.  Both parents preceded her in death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fern was a 1962 graduate of Roanoke-Benson High School in Roanoke, IL, and later moved to Bluffton in her twenties, where she worked for S.S. Kresge Company as a secretary for 23 years.  She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church and loved praising the Lord by playing the piano and singing hymns.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survivors include a brother, Marvin (Jane) Leman of Princeville, IL; a sister, Karen Leman of Fairbury, IL; along with 12 nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to her parents, Fern was preceded in death by a brother, Wallace Leman; a sister-in-law, Marilyn Leman; and nephew, Matthew Leman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitation will be on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, from 2:00 until 7:00 PM, at Goodwin \u2013 Cale & Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton.  A funeral service will be held on Friday, Nov. 1st, at 9:30 AM, at the Bluffton North Apostolic Christian Church, with visitation from 9:00 to 9:30 AM, prior to the service.  Jeff Leman and Ryan Bertsch will officiate.  A graveside service will follow on Friday, Nov. 1st, at 3:00 PM CST, at the Apostolic Christian Cemetery in Roanoke, IL, officiated by Tom Hoffman.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fern Elizabeth Leman, 80, of Bluffton, passed away Friday afternoon, Oct. 25, 2024, at Christian Care Retirement Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-21141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21143,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21141\/revisions\/21143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}